The Granary Girls
Wild Roses
The Granary Girls, Patty
Kakac and Jodi Ritter, are a traditionally-based folk duo from rural Minnesota,
deep in prairie roots and social conscience. Their sound harkens back to the
easy pace of earlier times - the Carter Family, folk songs around the fire.
"Wild Roses" creates a sweeping feeling of a connected musical suite, of a long
hard valuable day's journey into sunset. Rachel Nelson's work on fiddle and
banjo is a sparkling addition... More>>>
The Granary Girls' 2001 debut
album, Sowing Seeds, is an engaging mix of the political, the personal, and
simple pleasures. Accompanied by a host of friends playing everything from banjo
to tamboura, Patty Kakac and Jodi Ritter sing stories and parables to make sense
of the world we live in. Opening with a cover of Tom Waits' lovely and mysterious
"The Briar and the Rose," the album moves through eleven songs by Kakac and
Ritter, as well as Gillian Welch's "Caleb Meyer" and... More>>>
